My Mother's Daughter

Posted by Susan Einhorn on February 1, 2011 - 12:38pm

Tags: senior care, mothers and daughters, mother daughter, elderly care, elder care, cregivers, caregiver, care giver

As I matured, one of my biggest fears was that I would turn into my mother, who I experienced during my teen years as an angry, critical person, who was never satisfied with me.  "Why can't you bake gingerbread cookies like Lil's daughter?"  my mother once asked me; at 13, I just shrugged.
 

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